John C. Miller

RICHMOND – The Virginia House shot down an effort Tuesday to keep secret the drugs used in lethal injections, as well as the names of the companies that make or mix them. The House killed Senate Bill 1393 on a bipartisan vote, 42-56. Sponsored by Senate Democratic Leader Richard Saslaw and backed by Gov. Terry McAuliffe's administration, the bill had previously passed the Senate 23-14. The bill was meant to keep Virginia supplied with drugs used in lethal injections, which have become harder to get as European companies decline to ship compounds intended for executions. Saslaw, D-Springfield, argued that the state needed a new exemption in its Freedom of Information Act to...

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RICHMOND – The Virginia House shot down an effort Tuesday to keep secret the drugs used in lethal injections, as well as the names of the companies that make or mix them.The House killed Senate Bill 1393 on a bipartisan vote, 42-56. Sponsored by Senate...

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